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Re: Arnova 10 G2 (AKA Phillytablet) Hands On Review

Joe — Sun, 06 May 2012 18:45:41 -0000

Tech help 1-877-267-5898 ( Arnova )

Re: Arnova 10 G2 (AKA Phillytablet) Hands On Review

Bdoggamer535 — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:06:02 -0000

Btw you can get the google play market free on the arnova. Just install arctools from the appslib market. then you install FIRMWARE first. You install the original Firmware for Arnova G2 it says. Then you reboot. Then you go back into it and hit INSTALL APPS. Then it will give you the google play market and some other cool apps. Then you reboot again of course and i know it looks like you are hacking it...but dont worry you are not. Then it should work perfectly fine. I hope this clears up 100% of the confusion on the stores. (:

Re: Arnova 10 G2 (AKA Phillytablet) Hands On Review

Harveyjw2001 — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 09:29:41 -0000

Go to f1mobile on google and download there app its epic nearly as good as android market

Re: Arnova 10 G2 (AKA Phillytablet) Hands On Review

Harveyjw2001 — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 09:26:00 -0000

Eeyou need an older version for it to work

Re: Arnova 10 G2 (AKA Phillytablet) Hands On Review

Harveyjw2001 — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 09:25:04 -0000

I got google earth

Re: Arnova 10 G2 (AKA Phillytablet) Hands On Review

Harveyjw2001 — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 09:23:17 -0000

It does have the motion sensor yoirs might be faulty try turning it on off and repeat it

Re: Arnova 10 G2 (AKA Phillytablet) Hands On Review

Harveyjw2001 — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 09:11:59 -0000

It has run out of batterys you need to charge it its the hole in the bottom left corner DO NOT USE THE TOP HOLE IT WRECKS THE CHARGER CONNECTION THINGY AND THE HEADPHONE JACK!!!!!!!!

Re: Simple Disk Benchmarking in Linux Using ‘dd’

Dave Drager — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:27:49 -0000

Maybe, but this is a bad way to go about it because if memory is 'buffering' the write, like it is designed to, you still do not get accurate disk speed times.

Re: Simple Disk Benchmarking in Linux Using ‘dd’

Hiperguru — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:43:12 -0000

If on a linux machine with 4GB of memory one could create a file that's 5GB - would it be written directly to the disk w/out being loaded in memory ?

Re: Canon CanoScan LiDE 50 Scanner and Windows 7 (32 or 64-bit) Driver Fix

Mail — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 13:18:13 -0000

Unfortunately, it doesn't work with my PC config. Still gives twain error and can't find the scanner

Re: What a Resilver Looks Like in ZFS (and a Bug and/or Feature)

Egurzi — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:23:31 -0000

how many compartments and what kind of wood backing and what does it have to do with those orange traffic cones?

Re: Big Cable Wants to Encrypt Your Basic Channels – How To Fight For Your Rights

Guest — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:58:06 -0000

Awesome, and thanks for the template to send to the FCC.

Re: Arnova 10 G2 (AKA Phillytablet) Hands On Review

La Shaun — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:06:46 -0000

Hello.... how do u download an app to play netflix movies on the arnova 10 g2.... HELP

Re: Arnova 10 G2 (AKA Phillytablet) Hands On Review

Angelina — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:20:33 -0000

I don't like the seperations of the app stores, I have this device and I am unable to get hbo go and Skype! Ugghh!

Re: Arnova 10 G2 (AKA Phillytablet) Hands On Review

Loumilone — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:12:57 -0000

I purchased this unit through a promotion from the Philadelphia Inquirer. Since I already subscribed to
that newspaper and get it delivered, I gave the Arnova 10 G2 unit a
shot. Basically, my wife and I are happy with it; for what we use it
for, it works. I will drop the physical delivery of the paper because I
can read it on the tablet. The Inquirer bundled a viewing application
specific for newspaper reading, and it works well enough.

That
being said, there are some fair criticisms of the unit. The screen pretty much is only useable by one person at a
time because of the viewing angle limitations. It does not yet hook up to
the larger app market. Let's face it, the unit is not an iPad. :)

But
I was able to download some apps from Amazon - like a Netflix app for
Androids, and it works well. For viewing a movie streaming over the
wireless network by one person, the screen is actually pretty good. I
use headphones for the sound. Overall, the movie viewing experience is
more than adequate.

My wife and I both listen to radio on it, via
another app available for this unit, and that works fine also. Although
the built-in speakers are not high quality, one cannot expect great,
full spectrum sound coming out of speakers from any tablet of this type.
For basic radio listening, particularly news and talk, the built-in
speakers are okay.

The unit easily hooked into our home wireless network. All in all, a relatively decent value for the money.

Re: Arnova 10 G2 (AKA Phillytablet) Hands On Review

Loumilone — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:42:37 -0000

Hi Dave, thanks for replying. I was able to figure it out. I downloaded and installed it, and yes it works fine for me too. Overall, my wife and I are satisfied with the unit. It works for what we want to use it for, which includes reading the Inquirer. I am confident enough in reading the paper via the tablet now, that I am going to stop physical delivery except for weekends - where my wife still likes to have the coupons in hand. :)

Re: Canon CanoScan LiDE 50 Scanner and Windows 7 (32 or 64-bit) Driver Fix

Noname — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 03:02:42 -0000

на Win 7 x64 Ultimate нихрена не работает :) матерится на отсутствующий TWAIN

Re: Arnova 10 G2 (AKA Phillytablet) Hands On Review

Dave Drager — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:32:50 -0000

Nope - seemed very easy to run. What issue are you running into?

Re: Arnova 10 G2 (AKA Phillytablet) Hands On Review

Loumilone — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:30:32 -0000

Thanks Dave. I tried to download the Netflix app, but I had trouble navigating to the point where I could sign in and download it. Is there a trick to installing the Amazon Netflix app on the Phillytablet?

Re: Arnova 10 G2 (AKA Phillytablet) Hands On Review

DawnK — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:13:42 -0000

Okay, so I got one for Christmas. Took a week to finally get the Appslib website on my computer because it was "down for maintenance". I have no troubles as far as touch screen (very sensitive and to Rose, it can be calibrated to how sensitive you want it to be..it shouldn't "hurt" any fingers. Yes, there is a touch keyboard, just have to tap the box into which you want to type. My charge is okay, my screen is sharp and clear, it rotates fine (and yes it does rotate with movement). So here is my most major issue and hence it will likely get returned--by following the instructions, I connect my Arnova to the internet via the USB to my computer. Go to Appslib (that is finally back online) and hit download on a simple and free game. What do I get???? MY DEVICE IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH APPSLIB! No further instructions, options or otherwise. No way to call tech support, because OMG! they don't have a phone number! Appslib is run out of HONG KONG...not even calling there. And Arnova offers no local or 800 number either. We updated the root thing...my son's the techie one and BAM! there goes my icons. Had to find the file and reinstall them...just to get that my Android run, Arnova based "PhillyTablet" is not compatible with any thing. So, I've gotten on Facebook once, my email several times because it will tell you that you have to have a GMail account LINKED to an Android Mobile service. Now, I don't have a cell phone, don't want one. BUT my son does and to no avail even using his account...NOT COMPATIBLE! Reset it, didn't help. Just wondering...ANYONE else with this problem or who can offer advise!? Thanks!

Re: Arnova 10 G2 (AKA Phillytablet) Hands On Review

Caiandzaksch — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 08:17:16 -0000

can you please pass on the email address for the return? I received one of these as a gift and need to return it via the manufacturer warranty because it is defective.. came on once, and will no longer accept a charge with the adapter or the USB cord...very strange...
I cannot find a contact for Archos online for the problem either? thank u much!
little miss B

Re: What a Resilver Looks Like in ZFS (and a Bug and/or Feature)

Benjamin Close — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:04:59 -0000

If you want to make it so zfs doesn't recognise the drive, you have to zero out the area zfs uses to store the drives GUID. Once that's done you can reuse it in the pool. dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sde in this case. Then you can reuse the disk. It even tells you this must be done manually:

the following errors must be manually repaired:

/dev/sde is part of active pool 'media'

Though it doesn't tell you how to fix it. ZFS pretty much is preventing you shooting yourself in the foot by nuking what could be an active drive.

ZFS also doesn't care where the disks are, it relies on GUID's in the meta data it places on the disk. Shift your disks around all you like and it'll find them where ever they are and reconstruct the pool accordingly. Try running: zdb poolname you'll see what I mean

Re: Arnova 10 G2 (AKA Phillytablet) Hands On Review

Dave Drager — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:52:45 -0000

After the Amazon Fire Kindle came out, Amazon has been adding a ton of new apps to the Amazon app store. The Netflix app was a welcome addition - and it works great on the Phillytablet (Arnova 10G2) Didn't have to do anything special, just install it from the Amazon App store.

Re: Arnova 10 G2 (AKA Phillytablet) Hands On Review

Loumilone — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:50:36 -0000

Hello Garth, Just wondering if you've been able to figure out a solution to your issues. Thank you.

Re: Arnova 10 G2 (AKA Phillytablet) Hands On Review

Loumilone — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:30:00 -0000

Since you've had this unit for a couple of months, I'm just wondering if you have any additional comments, suggestions or tips. I just ordered the unit as part of the newspaper special, and I'm wondering if I'll be able to use the tablet for other things, like email - using a basic browser, Netfilx, etc. Does the operating system give you the ability to type - like with a virtual keyboard interface, for email? Thank you.